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Research Articles (New Testament Studies): Recent submissions
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)In the peasant society of Jesus' world the family revolved around the father. The father and the mother were the source of the family, not only in the biological sense, but because their interaction with their children created ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011-04)This article investigated whether Mark 5:25–34 proposes a radical discontinuity with the Jewish purity codes and subsequently, holds drastic liberating implications for women as far as access to the temple is concerned ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2011)Theological investigation of the Μαρτνρια [witness] lexeme in John 1-4 contributes significantly towards an understanding of an emerging, missional ecclesiology. This hypothesis is precipitated by the accelerated pace of ...
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(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)Ps 102(101) is only quoted explicitly in Heb 1:10–12 in the whole of the corpus of known early Jewish and early Christian literature. It is a complex Psalm, containing an individual‘s lament who grieves for Zion, but ends ...
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(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)The role that Africa has played in the history of Bible translation since the event of the LXX is impressive. Yet, there is still a lot that Africa can contribute to Bible translation theory and practice. Following a ...
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(Department of Ancient Languages, University of Pretoria, 2010)In this article the New Perspectives on Paul and its implication for Pauline ethics will be discussed as well as the relationship it has to the understanding of the missionary dynamics in Paul. The article begins with the ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)This article aimes to examine the Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerk van Afrika’s (NHKA) understanding of church office, and measures it against ‘office’ or ministries in the New Testament, and more specifically against Jesus’ ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)This article is a critical appraisal of Donald Capps’s interpretation of the significance of Jesus’ healings for today. It focuses on Capps’s recently published book, Jesus the village psychiatrist. Capps sees Jesus as the ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)Because the Gospel writers addressed audiences in the Graeco-Roman world with various degrees of familiarity with standard rhetoric, rhetoric provides a helpful check on modern speculations about ancient speech and argument. ...
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The prophetic witness of the church as an appropriate mode of public discourse in African societies (OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)A discussion on the prophetic witness of the church is relevant in many respects. Firstly, most African countries have embraced democracy, without defining its contents; hence, democracy practised in Africa varies from one ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-10)In this article the argument is put forward that Jesus’ parables portray him as a social prophet, as many of the issues addressed by Old Testament prophets (such as Isaiah, Jeremiah, Amos and Hosea) are common themes in ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-08)This paper was a response to a panel discussion on the author’s book, Jesus the village psychiatrist, published by Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2008 which formed part of the Society of Biblical Literature’s ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)The aim of this article is to demonstrate that the research results of one subject in the theological curriculum could be used in other subjects as well. In this article the results of historical Jesus research are used ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2001)God, and not the Bible as such, is the church's primary authority. Jesus of Nazareth is the manifestation of God in history. In a post-Aufkllirung environment one cannot escape the demand to think historically. To discern ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)The aim of this article is to reflect on the implications of historical Jesus research for the theology of the church. It focuses on the relation between the pre-Easter Jesus and the post-Easter kerygmatic tradition. First, ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)The aim of this article is to reflect on the hermeneutical premises related to doctrinal criticism. The dogma of the virginal conception of Jesus as recorded in the Heidelberg Catechism and the Belgic Confession serves as ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)Matthew considers both the fall of the Jerusalem / the Temple and the coming of the Son of Man as being anticipated in the crucifixion/resurrection of Jesus. This article argues that Matthew places these two events within ...
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(OpenJournals Publishing, 2010-11)The pastor’s handling of trauma analogous to Jesus’ healings and exorcisms, studied from a crosscultural perspective, can be understood as acts of relocation or cope-healings. Special attention is given to the way in ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)The article consists of five argumentative sections. The first deals with the textual evidence with regard to the expressions "disciples", "the Twelve" and "apostles". In the second section it is argued that Jesus did not ...
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(Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2000)The purpose of this study is to suggest a socio-historical frame of reference within which 2 Thessalonians may have communicated meaningfully with its intended readers. The question of the historical background of 2 ...
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